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Short-Service Commissions (Medical Examinations).

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 6 March 1935.

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Captain BALFOUR:

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asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what percentage of young men applying for short-service commissions in the Royal Air Force fail to attain the required medical standard?

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Full information regarding the medical examinations of candidates for commissions is published annually in the report on the health of the Royal Air Force. I am sending my hon. and gallant Friend a copy of the latest issue.

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